Concrete-wall house construction.



No. 924,823. C Y EATENTEU JULY 3, 190C.

- E. E. SCHACENEE. CONCEETE WALL HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13. 1905.

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31 wem/fos No. 824,823. I l PATLNTLU JULY s, 1306.

' b L. L. SOHAOHNUR.

OONORLTL WALL HOUSE OONSTRUOTION.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13. 1905.

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CONCRETE-WALL HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

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Specification of Letters Patenti ratented July 3, 1906.

ApplicationI filed July 1S, 1905. Serial No. 269,475.

l'o all, whom t may concervIl Be it known that I, EDWARp EDMUND SCHACHNER, a citizen of the United States,

. residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State-of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concretebuildings in which the Wall is anchored to a frame structure of Wood studding and sheathing and in which special provision is made for effectively strengthening the Wall, and in the claims appended hereto I will point out the features of such construction which constitute my invention, in connection with the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 represents so much of a concrete house-wall in vertical section illustrates the method of erecting the wal embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an identical sectional view of a partially-completed Wall embodying my improvements. Fig. 3 is a partial elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section showing portions of the finished and of the unfinished walls.

The object of my `invention is to build a cheap, strong, and durable house with strongly-reinforced concrete walls on a frame structure of wood sheathing and studding and in which the Wall is anchored to both, the sheathing being intermediate.

The foundation 1 of the concrete Wallis laid to receive the fioor-joists 2, the ends of which are embedded in the concrete wall, and upon the joists is erected studding 3, on the outside of which a sheathing 4 is nailed and with the studding forms a permanent wall or frame structure, upon which is erected and anchored a concrete exterior wall. 5, preferably of less thickness than the foundationwall. Brick corners 6 are erected with the Walls to give finish to the house. The sheathing is of rough boards and nailed diagonally on the studding and with it forms a strong braced frame with openings and crevices between the rough boards through which the concrete will penetrate and serve to bind the Wall and sheathing together. Through'this sheathing and into the studding anchors or hooks7 are driven at different points and projectfrom the outer wall of the sheathing, their heads terminating in the space to be occuingthe concrete.

pied by the concrete wall and to form keys for holding it. As a reinforcing anchorage these headed anchors may be connected by wires8,running from one to the other in different directions or crossing each other to form a continuous braceand tie for the anchors Within land throughout the body of the wall. This sheathing-Wall, being thus faced with hooks and the connected wires, forms a continuous fastening for the concrete wall, which is erected upon the sheathing in a way Which I will now describe. The foundation- Wall, 'as it is being erected, outside of it a suitable distance I erect a temporary housing or mold-frame formed by studding 9, planted about five feet apart in the ground with a space between them and the foundation-Wall sufficient to receive boards 10, fitting closely between the studding and said foundationwall and the sheathing to form `a filling-space for the erection of the Wall upon this foundation. For this purpose the boards are builtup one upon the other from the ground against the inner sides of said temporary studding as the concrete is -filled in upon the foundation-wall and the sheathing. This studding is the height of the Wall and about five feet apart, and each stud is tied to the sheathing by Wire loops 1 1, preferably passed around the permanent studding through the joints of the sheathing and around the temporary studding to stay and hold it as a housing for said filling-boards which sustain the pressure in filling and tamp- The wire stays may be reinforced by strips of wood 12, nailed to cleats 13, which are `themselves nailed to the sheathing, the outer ends of said strips being nailed tothe temporary studding. A plurality of these wooden stays may be used, and they are knocked off as the temporary fillingboards are put in place and the concrete filled in; but as the wall goes up and is tamped these temporary wooden stays lprevent the bulging or spreading of the housing-studding and render the wall true. thus completed and becomes hard and firm, the vire stays are cut and the temporary studding and filling-boards are removed from the Wall. The ends of the wire stays are then cut close to the wall. y

When the foundation is formed with a Water-table 14 in the ground, the bottom fillingboard rests upon it, and when it is desirable to have the wall of less thickness above the foundation the tem orary studding is made to support the filling-boards to suit such,

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When the Wall is IOS thickness'. After removing the temporary l frame 'and into the ends of the joists and l filling or mold-Wall the concrete Wall 1s then troweled down with a hghtcoating of cement to a smooth hard surface, and itmay be blocked to represent stone b locks. The brick corners may be erected with the coni crete Wall, and some ofthev bricks may project into the concrete and form Wall-bonds. The embedded anchors and the Wlres connecting them and the sheathing not only form a most effective stability and security for the wall7 but brace it inevery direction,

and thus give the advantage of erecting a Wall of about the thickness of the Width of a brick above the foundation. These Wallstrengthening wires will extend from the foundation-joists, to which they may be anchored by a hook 15, so that the wall Where it commences to lessen in thickness will be anchored to the ends of the joists, which is very important, because at this point the lessening of the thickness of the wall renders it necessary to provide security, and anchorlng it tothe joists renders this security effective.

The anchoring of the wires to the ends of the foundation-joists gives the advantage of using separate and independent Wires connecting widely-spaced anchors and crossing each other so that they can be carried vup from the joists behind the heads of the an'- chors, and the force required yto draw each Wire taut Will be resisted by their foundation connection.

Looking at Fig. 3 it will be seen that the headed anchors are widely spaced and that the Wires are'connected to them at their crossing, While in Fig. 2 one of these separate wires is seen as secured to the end of the foundation-joists, so that the separate wires run only from the foundation-joists inv a straight line to the anchors and hold the Wall ifirmly between the anchors, giving the wall stability and preventing cracking.

I claim- 1. In concrete house construction7 a frame of studding and sheathing including the foundation-joists, a facing-Wall of concrete7 and means for strengthening and anchoring said Wall to said frame and to said joists, con- 'sisting of headed anchors driven into said eaaaaa their heads embedded in said wall, and a reinforcing anchorage of widely-spaced wires, each Wire separately connected to the heads of the anchors and running from one to the other in different directions, each wire forming a brace within and throughout the body of the Wall and connected to said foundationjoists f 2. In a concrete house construction, a frame `of studding and sheathing, a facingwall of concrete, and means for strengthening and achoring said wall to said frame, consisting of headed anchors driven into said.

frame with their heads embedded in the Wall and a reinforcing anchorage of widely-spaced wires, each wire separately connected to said heads in crossing relation, each Wire formino a brace throughout the body of the Wa whereby said headed anchors form the means for holding the Wires and the latter the means for holding wall. 1

3. In concrete house construction, a facing-Wall of concrete, and means for strengthening said wall consisting of headed anchors, and a reinforcing anchorage of separate andwidely-spaced Wires crossing at said anchors behind their heads and extending separately in straight lines from anchor to anchor, whereby the headed anchors and the wires brace each other and conjointly brace the wall, and a backing-frame for supporting the wall and the anchors.

4. The combination with a solid backing for a concrete Wall, an anchored facing of wires projecting from said backing, and a removable filling-housing or mold-frame for said wall,'consisting of boards forming the outer or front mold-wall, and studding anchored in the ground and secured to the solid backing whereby the molding front is supported against pressure tending to force'it from the backing as the wall is bein erected.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD EDMUND SCHACHNER.

Witnesses:

A. H. FALLOW, Jr., R. T. MCGREW. 

